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Images of Galois representations in mod $p$ Hecke algebras

Number Theory 2020-10-06 v3

Abstract

Let (Tf,mf)(\mathbb{T}_f,\mathfrak{m}_f) denote the mod pp local Hecke algebra attached to a normalised Hecke eigenform ff, which is a commutative algebra over some finite field Fq\mathbb{F}_q of characteristic pp and with residue field Fq\mathbb{F}_q. By a result of Carayol we know that, if the residual Galois representation ρf:GQGL2(Fq)\overline{\rho}_f:G_\mathbb{Q}\rightarrow\mathrm{GL}_2(\mathbb{F}_q) is absolutely irreducible, then one can attach to this algebra a Galois representation ρf:GQGL2(Tf)\rho_f:G_\mathbb{Q}\rightarrow\mathrm{GL}_2(\mathbb{T}_f) that is a lift of ρf\overline{\rho}_f. We will show how one can determine the image of ρf\rho_f under the assumptions that (i)(i) the image of the residual representation contains SL2(Fq)\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{F}_q), (ii)(ii) that mf2=0\mathfrak{m}_f^2=0 and (iii)(iii) that the coefficient ring is generated by the traces. As an application we will see that the methods that we use allow us to deduce the existence of certain pp-elementary abelian extensions of big non-solvable number fields.

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@article{arxiv.1702.06339,
  title  = {Images of Galois representations in mod $p$ Hecke algebras},
  author = {Laia Amorós},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06339},
  year   = {2020}
}